INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
(PJSR t'UBSS at»B OUTIOtf)
Auckland, March 12
Admiral Fairfax tiud party returned f ro'n the hut lakes on Saturiay night. Durinsj their toai they made the ascent of Toogarlro.
Th C tnlnal Sossiona opened before Mr J nice Gillie* to day. Thoro are t*bniy-ni' e charues on the oaleadar, but nono of urave oharaotur.
G--iy who tkttemptad sui^de on Saturday ia likely to recover, hue threitons io repeal tha attempt B) soon as ha Is at Über y
Ao unoccnp^d four-roomed house m Q eon stre6f, Ponaonby, was burn <1 on Saturdiy n'ght. •' 'rig nof fir» unknown l-sued for £ISO m tljo Sou*h British. Vacant officaa 'n Q leen str-et, lately occupied bj the Norwich Union, a <d the Alu'uil Life Aflßociat on of Udtn»l tax;, wejo discovered on fira on Sunday moning at 5 30. 'I lie fire wa-i exdn^mahed tio'oro much datnige had b u en done, li was found that tlio fie had been dttlib'.iratoly aturtei m hroe places. The gaa pipe had been out and the gas turned ou at the motcr.
Wanganui, M*roh 12 A petition agvinat, glove fights, ei^ned i hv 463 woojbu, haa been presented to the B trough O'Uncil. Tho C uccil deoided m I causing public bulldlngu to prohibit suoa exhibitions. We-tport, Ma^ch 19 Tha County Engineer estimates £4570 ua tli » oust of repairing the road Tharo uro 116 slips m 13 milef, and five bridg is injured or carried away besides cne rjad being carried away m 16 pi icea. 'lhe Harbor B>ard have rodigned at 'he requoat of th« Q ivernment. Officers will be nppointed by tho Gjvernmeut to take chargo.
Dunbwn, March 12. Mim Amy Shorwin gives a ooncert for ••ha foundation «>f a mission scholarship at tho University.
At the inquest on Oolin James Suther land, agod 7, a verdict of fi Accidentally ki led by being run over by a cart " was •eturned
At tin inquiry at Outram Into tin fire on Wiliium t\itrick'H farm, the jury found ;hat tho oats and wheat hud been wilfully *Gt on fire by aomo person or p3rsons unknown.
At a meeting of tho Protection A&soo'at.iou to-nluht, the VictarUn tariff wub uraotloally adopted with tho exception of 2>6iper (on duty on coal. Fir ftuli tnoy rooommeni a duty of 3i por o*BB, or its equivalent ad valwcm, aad a differenial duty of 25 pur cent m favor of locally mannfaottjred epiritß.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1788, 13 March 1888, Page 2
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403INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1788, 13 March 1888, Page 2
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